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of a guiilc, but chiefly from the state of the qiiari^, thcj- Averc not 

 successful in finding the right beds. In the meantime, my brother 

 President persuaded me take him, and some others of the party, to 

 Pedwardine, where there is a fine exhibition of the Lingula flag 

 licds (containing abundance of Dictyonema socialc, and a few 

 Lingulella) ), lying at an angle of 25° to 30°, and covered 



nearly horizontally by beds of Llandovery conglomerate. These 

 beds were peculiarly interesting to Mr. Symonds, as being similar 

 in character, though superior in productiveness, to some in the 

 south end of the Malvern Eidge. Unfortunately we spent too 

 much time here, and consequently were unable to examine the 

 interesting ground between Leintwardine and the Forge Bridge, as 

 several Members were obliged to get back to Ludlow in time for the 

 train to Hereford. 



Of our next meeting at Tarrington I will say nothing, as it was 

 all old beaten ground for us, except that the Eev. Charles Smith 

 gave us a sumptuous breakfast on his lawn, which was done full 

 justice to by his friends. 



On our last meeting at Abergavenny, we were splendidly break- 

 fasted at the Asylum by our friend Dr. McCullough, who was 

 determined not to be outshone by any one in his entertainment. 

 Here we were on new ground for us, it not having been supposed 

 formerly that the Old Red beds in that neighbourhood were fossil- 

 iferous. However our brother Members, Messrs. Elmes Steele 

 and McCullough, having seen the Fish remains of the Old Eed 

 near Ludlow, were stimulated to search their own neighbourhood, 

 and were fortunately rewarded by finding, not only shields of 

 Pteraspis Lloydii and Pteraspis Crouchii, as well as Cephalaspis 

 Lyellii and Cephalaspis Asterolepis, but also another species of 

 Cephalaspis, which is declared by Professor Huxley (who has the 

 specimens before him) to l^e quite new. After seeing a large 

 number of specimens — some very fine — and breakfasting, we betook 

 ourselves to the quarry in the grounds of the establishment, whence 

 the stone for the building was obtained. The loose stones there, 



